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To: steve harris who wrote (238885)	6/26/2005 9:56:28 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572560

>Teachers typically are paid based on their education and seniority. But many districts and states are discussing, or experimenting with, tying pay to performance. They should do pay for performance to some extent... if the teachers' salaries were higher, they'd certainly dump the tenure issue in a hurry. Tenure is a proxy for an increased pay scale... if you can't pay 'em enough to keep 'em, you have to provide them with an incentive not to leave. Teachers' unions are so powerful (and often irrational) because teaching, on the whole, is just about the most underpaid profession in the country. -Z